3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (281+ words) Country Life You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful As the Season gets under way this month, Britain's intelligentsia will descend upon the Hay Festival. I've always loved that a glorified book fair on the Welsh borders can…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago  (115+ words) news. cgtn. com Mawangdui Han Tombs: Turning the pages of history This International Museum Day, explore the Mawangdui Tombs of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) with Li Qianzi from the Education Center of Hunan Museum. Li recommends a special book: Archaeological…...

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10+ hour, 23+ min ago  (256+ words) Geelong author Dr Fiona Gray is giving children the opportunity to celebrate her new book with a storytime event in Highton. Dr Gray's Gretel Petal and the Blooming City is set in a grey city that becomes transformed by greenery....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (860+ words) People who regularly read books may live longer than those who don't, research suggests. Frequent reading may lower the risk of cognitive decline, depression, and loneliness as people age. Reading can reduce stress, encourage mindfulness, and provide a screen-free way…...

12+ hour, 24+ min ago  (821+ words) For a small book of 168 pages, e. g. Anthology 1, published as an imprint of Exploding Galaxies, promises much, proceeding from the precious idea of assembling seven authors who contribute "Short-form explorations, offcuts, and miscellany." It comes across, superlatively, and should serve as…...

23+ hour, 51+ min ago  (40+ words) mindmatters. ai Science Fiction writers have over the past 100-plus years been warning us about the horrors of a dystopian future, but now we are reaching the point where such Sci-Fi stories are now becoming "Faction....

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (279+ words) Amuchechukwu Nwafor was raised in Mount Rainier, MD, and lives in Brookland. She is a first-generation Black American whose poetry touches on the diaspora, sexual advocacy, mental health, and the female experience. Amuche considers her poems to be still life…...

20+ hour, 34+ min ago  (233+ words) Two love birds singing Sounds I hear at 1: 30 in the morning With my window cracked open enough on this spring night. So I could get some fresh air while sleeping Instead, was woken up by a racket of sounds When…...

19+ hour, 38+ min ago  (154+ words) In fact, scholars often refer to it as Yale's "alchemy collection." These manuscripts sit at the border of science, philosophy, and what we now call magic. They include handwritten works on alchemy, astrology, early chemistry, and natural philosophy. At the…...